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The reliance on resumes for initial candidate screening is being challenged by the rise of AI-generated content and the need for more authentic skills validation. HiringBranch has launched a new Job Skills Screener, a conversational assessment tool designed to be used at the very top of the hiring funnel. This innovation allows recruiters to send 10-minute job simulation assessments to every applicant, shifting the focus from resume keywords to demonstrated abilities.
HiringBranch's new Job Skills Screener uses 10-minute job simulations to assess candidates.
It is designed to replace unreliable resume scanning, especially for AI-generated resumes.
The tool evaluates over 50 communication and soft skills in real-time using a proprietary AI model.
It provides recruiters with performance signals at the start of the process, not after interviews.
The voice-based assessment measures both what candidates say and how they say it.
This approach aims to give every applicant a fair chance to showcase their skills.
In the current hiring landscape, resumes have become increasingly unreliable and unmanageable. This new product opens up an opportunity for recruiters to validate skills applicants claim on resumes, such as critical thinking or empathy. “As we saw a resurgence in assessments to solve for indistinguishable AI-generated resumes, it was a natural extension for us to design a reliable short-form assessment and make it accessible to recruiters at the forefront of applicant screening. This way, recruiters get performance signals at the start of the process, not after a round of bad interviews,” said Stephane Rivard, the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Developing a short yet accurate assessment required significant technological innovation. “Creating a short screening assessment that maintains scientific rigor required extensive validation, iteration, and investment,” says HiringBranch Chief Research & Development Officer, Assaf Bar-Moshe, “Shorter assessments are difficult to design because every question removed is a potential loss in predictive power. We changed that with our finely tuned soft-skills language model and native acoustic NLP engine, allowing us to uphold assessment validity at substantially shorter durations.”
Dedicated to customer-facing roles, the screener's key features include job simulation, a skills-first approach evaluating 50+ communication and soft skills, and voice-based analysis for sales and support roles. This allows enterprises to evaluate applicants faster and more reliably at the beginning of the funnel. For years, HiringBranch assessments have delivered measurable gains in hiring quality for global enterprises. The company aims to deliver that same impact to the very first step of hiring with this short screener, helping companies improve candidate quality without sacrificing efficiency.
HiringBranch helps enterprises hire the right people, bias-free, with realistic job simulation assessments. Built for customer-facing roles, its conversational and proprietary AI qualifies applicants by measuring human skills that resumes and multiple-choice tests can’t. Enterprises cut interview time by 80%+ and achieve mis-hire rates as low as <1%. Headquartered in Canada, the company serves Fortune 500s and local organizations, including Bell Canada and Infosys.
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